02973cam a2200457 i 4500 510535407 TxAuBib 20210902120000.0 210201s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021002074 9781728244044 epub 1728244048 epub (OCoLC)1204138009 TxAuBib rda eng ita Crippa, Luca, 1964- Fotografo di Auschwitz English. The Auschwitz photographer : the forgotten story of the WWII prisoner who documented thousands of lost souls / Luca Crippa and Maurizio Onnis ; translated from the Italian by Jennifer Higgins. Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, [2021] xiv, 334 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Originally published as Il fotografo di Auschwitz by Edizioni Piemme S.p.a., 2013. Translation of: Il fotografo de Asuchwitz. Includes bibliographical references. "Wilhelm Brasse: "I looked death in the eyes. I did it fifty thousand times..." When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, photographer Wilhelm Brasse was sent to Auschwitz. His inability to condone the Third Reich and swear allegiance to Hitler landed him at one of the deadliest concentration camps of WWII. There, he was forced to record the camp's atrocities. From 1940-1945, Brasse took more than 50,000 photos of the nightmare that surrounded him. Brasse's role earned him Nazi favor, but he couldn't bear to hide behind his camera. He resisted, faking documents for prisoners and smuggling photos to the outside world. When the war ended, he refused orders to destroy his records. Many of the people that appeared in Brasse's photos perished, but he wouldn't discard the memories of who they were. A hauntingly true story of a man who made sure the world couldn't turn a blind eye to the Holocaust, The Auschwitz Photographer honors Wilhelm Brasse, the photographer who immortalized the horrific atrocities we should, and must, never forget"-- Provided by publisher. 20210902. Translated from the Italian. Brasse, Wilhelm, 1917-2012. Auschwitz (Concentration camp.) World War, 1939-1945 Atrocities Poland Oświęcim. World War, 1939-1945 Poland Prisoners and prisons Biography. Photographers Poland Biography. Internment camp inmates Poland Oświęcim Biography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Poland. Biographies. Onnis, Maurizio, 1963- Higgins, Jennifer, 1978- Crippa, Luca, 1964- Fotografo di Auschwitz. English., Naperville : Sourcebooks, 2021.